Obituaries

Jerry Hemphill

Jerry Hemphill

Dec 1, 2004

Jerry Don Hemphill, 47, of Justin passed away on December 1, 2004. He was the son of Alton and Susie Mae Tindle Hemphill. He married Cindy Hodge on August 22, 1992. He was a painter in the furniture industry. He was preceded in death by his mother, Susie on February 24, 1995. Survivors include his wife, Cindy of Justin;...

Doris Neal

Doris Neal

Nov 28, 2004

Doris was born November 19, 1925 in Itasca the daughter of daughter of Kellog and Estelle Johnston Hawes. She grew up in Itasca, graduated from Itasca High School and Hill Junior College and attended Sam Houston State University. On April 16, 1949 she married Pat Neal in Lubbock, Texas. She lived in Hillsboro in the 1960's. Doris helped form...

Annie Wright

Annie Wright

Nov 28, 2004

Annie Lee was born December 6, 1929 in Alabama the daughter of Gaston S. and Frances L. Brooks Howard. In 1934 she moved to Texas and graduated as valedictorian of the 1946 class of Malone High School. On April 15, 1948 she married M. J. ?Cell? Wright and he preceded her in death on May 28, 1985. For many...

Susie Pendley

Susie Pendley

Nov 22, 2004

Susie was born January 13, 1917 in Hillsboro to William D. and Minnie B. Doherty Blansett. She grew up in Hillsboro and attended Hillsboro schools. She also lived in Hubbard, Waco, and Burnet. On September 19, 1937 she married William Troy Pendley, Sr. and he preceded her in death on October 27, 1974. She was a homemaker and worked...

Joe Worley

Joe Worley

Nov 22, 2004

Joe M. Worley passed away on November 22, 2004 at his residence. He was the son of Riley D. and Molcy Findley Worley. He was raised in the western part of Texas in Crosbyton, County. He and a friend were the first to volunteer to serve in World War II from Crosbyton, County. He served in the U S...

Jan Franklin

Jan Franklin

Nov 18, 2004

Jettie Jannet Franklin, 60, of Whitney passed away November 18, 2004 in Waco, Texas. She was the daughter of Jessie and Jettie TrammellPrice. She married Billy Ray Franklin in Tarrant County on June 21, 1991. She lived in Johsua most of her life and in Whitney the past 16 years. She was a retired surgical nurse and of the...

Robert Lampkin

Robert Lampkin

Nov 18, 2004

Don was born November 23, 1927 in Dallas the son of John Mack and Etta Lampkin. In 1945 he graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas. He served in the U. S. Army and then the Merchant Marines. He began working for Tempco, now Lockheed Martin, before retiring in 1988. On June 15, 1968 he married Wyona Fidler in...

Lena Starr

Lena Starr

Nov 16, 2004

Lena F. Starr 75, a retired boot maker died Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at Burleson. She was the daughter of Dixon and Mabel Mercer Darnell. She grew up in Arkansas and moved to Texas in the early 1950's. She married Herman Starr on February 14, 1958 and he preceded her in death on February 13, 1994. She worked in...

Billie Littlefair

Billie Littlefair

Nov 14, 2004

Billie McCown Littlefair passed away Sunday, November 14, 2004 in Woodway at the age of 91. She was born April 4, 1913 in the Towash Community near Whitney in Hill County. She was the daughter of J. Wilson and Maude Wilson McCown. She lived in Burkburnett for many years, moving to Waco in 1960 where she was employed with...

Gwendolyn Worell

Gwendolyn Worell

Nov 11, 2004

Gwendolyn E. Worrell entered into rest Thursday, November 11, 2004. She was born on September 10, 1933 in Electra, Texas. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, EJ; a son, Glenn; and a daughter, Cheryl Lynn. Gwen leaves cherished memories with her children, Wayne, Anita, Marilyn, Carol, John, and Janet; 13 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; two brothers...

Katherine Schultz

Katherine Schultz

Nov 9, 2004

Katherine was born January 12, 1914 in Hillsboro the daughter of John W. and Maude Fryer Adams. She lived in Dallas most of her life and moved back to Hillsboro in 1999. In 1932 she married Herman Schultz and he preceded her in death in 1990. Also preceding her in death were her parents and three brothers, Barnes Adams,...

Alma Johnson

Alma Johnson

Nov 9, 2004

Alma was born July 29, 1901 to J. A. and Mamie JamesonCheek in the James Community in Hill County. She lived most of her long and fulfilled life in Hillsboro. On September 19, 1925 she married T. J. Johnson at the Methodist parsonage in Abbott. During her first few years of marriage, Alma was a schoolteacher in the communities...

Elnora Helton

Elnora Helton

Nov 8, 2004

Elnora was born January 8, 1930 to Edward and Lydia Muesse Klein. Born between Irene and Malone in Hill County, she moved to Waco as a young child before returning to Frost to attend high school. On June 23, 1947 she married Hughey Helton in Hillsboro. Shortly after their marriage, they moved to Irene and have lived there since....

Charles Sutton

Charles Sutton

Nov 7, 2004

Charles was born on June 12, 1928 in San Saba, Texas to Jim and Minnie Crim Sutton. Growing up, he attended school in Waco. On June 14, 1947, he married Onetta Machen in Milford, Texas, and they were able to celebrate 57 years together this past June. Charles worked for the Ashland Chemical Company before later joining NGO Chemical....

Lenda Lee

Lenda Lee

Nov 2, 2004

Lenda Clara Lee, 67, of Whitney passed away at her residence on Novembe 2, 2004. She was the daughter of John and Mabel Morgan Moody, Sr. She married Jack D. Lee, Sr. on May 21, 1957. They moved to Whitney in 1975 and owned three restaurants before retiring in 1986. Lenda was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded...

Martti Suomi

Martti Suomi

Oct 31, 2004

Martti Suomi, 87, of Whitney passed away on October 31, 2004 at Town Hall Estates in Whitney. He was the son of Kusti and Pauliina Simila Suomi. He married Juanita Claudine Paylor on December 10, 1942 in Monroe, Louisiana. He had lived in Monroe most of his life and in Whitney the past five years. He served in the...

Tommy Rush

Tommy Rush

Oct 31, 2004

Thomas Wesley Rush, 63, of Laguna Park, Texas passed away on October 31, 2004 in Port Mansfield, Texas. He was the son of Charles Duval and Maggie Ola Black Rush. He grew up in Dallas and moved to the Laguna Park area in 1974 where he owned and operated his own carpet business. He was preceded in death by...

Amy Ramos

Amy Ramos

Oct 31, 2004

Amy was born September 13, 1937 in Hill County, Texas. She lived in Hillsboro all of her life. Her husband, Cruz Ramos, preceded her in death on December 7, 1982. She enjoyed quilting and sewing for her family. Her life revolved around her family and her house was full of family pictures. Also preceding her in death was her...

Ruby Schulz

Ruby Schulz

Oct 30, 2004

Ruby was the daughter of M.M. and Bessie McMillan Roberts and grew up in the Bethel-Woodbury area. She lived most of her life in Hill County and married Arthur Schulz on March 6, 1927, he preceded her in death on December 1, 1983. Her life was documented in a book titled, Ruby Remembers, which recorded events in Hill County...

William Gibson

William Gibson

Oct 28, 2004

William Michael "Mike" Gibson died on October 28, 2004 at Scott and White Hospital in Temple at the age of 62 after a short illness. Mike was born on October 4, 1942 in Amarillo, Texas to W. W. Duck and Ruth Gibson. He was preceded in death by his parents. Mike graduated in 1961 from Tascosa High School in...